Organic Analysis Flashcards
1
Q
Test for Alkenes
A
Br water should turn colourless
2
Q
Test for alcohols
A
Add acidified potassium dichromate and should turn from orange to green
3
Q
Test for aldehydes
A
Tollens - silver mirror
4
Q
Test for carboxylic acid
A
Add sodium carbonate creates bubbles
5
Q
X-axis on a Mass spectrometry shows?
A
Shows m/z value
6
Q
What do the troughs show on Infrared
A
The bond value
7
Q
What’s the fingerprint region?
A
Below 1500 use a computer to do it to compare to a database